If You Want to Be Part of Russia’s Growing Ecommerce Market, You’d Better Like Putin

Alibaba, Yandex, M.Video and Ozon have government ties

The story of ecommerce in Russia is the story of a maturing digital economy, but also oil tycoons, a fugitive, allegations of corruption and human rights violations—and a guy known as the Darth Vader of Russia.

That’s because many of its most popular platforms have partnerships with and/or investments from organizations with links to the Russian Federation.

While Russia is the largest country on Earth, geographically, it has a population less than half the size of the U.S.

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